Tahiti 80: Archive

Hello, Today was off for me, as I had to be in Paris on Monday morning (we left the studio at 3.30, went to bed at 4 and I woke up at 7- work more to earn more?) (!) Last nite, we worked on Tune In, Unpredictable & Whistle (tentative titles). It’s not going as fast as we’d want to, but the songs are well on their way (only 2 songs have yet to be started). So tomorrow,...

Mar 31st

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Mar 31st

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Speciale dédicace à sylvain.

Mar 30th

Mar 29th

Voilà. we’re going to bed. Today was “guitar day”. For the first time you’ll hear a rickenbacker on one of our albums. I thought you might wanna know. A demain, Xavier X

Mar 29th

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 Strings

Hola. Time to go to bed. I will dream of hi hat’s, percussion(s) & bloody 12 string guitars (regular tuning? shall I use Nashville tuning? shall I sell my Epiphone 12 on ebay? anybody interested?) See you later. bises/kisses The 80’s

Mar 28th

Mar 27th

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Mar 26th

Hélloo, Sylvain’s recording some percussion at this very moment. Mederic and I have tracked electric guitars earlier today. The game (France Vs England) is getting closer. Here are 2 questions for you: -Are we professional musicians? (i.e should we keep working at the lab?) -Are we wankers? (i.e should we watch TV and drink beers?) … (unfortunately, we’re only humans) X

Mar 26th

Hého, back at the lab’. Recording guitars, eating chili con carne etc. Life is sweet… A+ X

Mar 26th

Mar 25th

STEREO STUDIO #1

Here’s what I’m listening to at the moment: Adrian Baker -Vibrations I got this L.P for one euro. It’s an interesting cross between The Bee Gees (for the disco bits) and The Beach Boys (for the harmony vocals). The song vibration is quite amazing. Van Duren -Are You Serious? If you’re into Big Star & Emitt Rhodes, you’ll love Van Duren. But it’s actually...

Mar 25th

Mar 22nd

C'est le Weekend!

After a few days of tracking, we decided that today was going to be a listening day… It seemed to me that we had worked on our first song ‘Brazil’ like weeks ago, and we only started the sessions last Tuesday. We were quite relieved to find out that we had done a good job so far! We’ve recorded the basic tracks 7 songs, we’ve got 7 more to do and plenty of busy...

Mar 22nd

OPEN MUSIQUE

Hey, Today, we worked on 2 songs. They’re called Dream On & Come Around. Dunno if you’ve watched the webcam (when it’s working), here’s how it goes: The 4 of us play in the Green Room (shall I say the former Green Room, as we’ve removed the furniture, armchairs et al in order to install a drum kit)), with headphones on while the amps are in the Live Room, and...

Mar 22nd

Yo, this is Channel T80! wanna know Mederic’s sock colour? Find out this and more thanks to the “T80 Web Cam” Look On Your Right!————-> P

Mar 21st

Musicians Gone Wild

Hé, So, we spent a day trying to get a decent Hi Hat sound…Yes, this is music. Sometimes, it’s all about focusing on small details to get the right sound image. We’re enjoying Kinder Bueno’s a lot. Pedro is like totally addicted, I mean for real. I’ve bought a pack of these tasty chocolate bars and I sell them for 0,50€. Maybe, I’ll be able to quit the music...

Mar 20th

BRUCE LEEK

Bonsoir, We’re at the lab, working on 2 new songs: “Tricks On The Sun” and “White Noise”. It’s going great, we arrived with quite advanced demos so we (hopefully) know where we’re going! A few words about the menu, tonite we had a vegetarian dinner, leek al dente with French dressing (poireaux vinaigrette), zucchini soup with cheese (namely, Vache...

Mar 20th

“Slow preparation, fast execution…”

– PeBRIAN ResendENO

Mar 18th

SETTING UP THE SYSTEM!!!

HI, this is the official start of the session…after 650 meters of cables, 80 beers, 65 new holes in the studio walls etc…we’re starting the proper tracking of this record. The first song is called Brazil… posted by Xavier

Mar 18th

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First day, big day, Sylvain in action, looking for the right set-up!

Mar 17th

Mar 15th

Getting Ready

Hi, after a few technical difficulties we managed to perform some music at the lab…the rejuvenated place looks & sounds great. Sylvain played some beats while we were trying mic combinations and testing new pre amps. We also tested our brand new headphone system so we can all play live in the same room and hear ourselves correctly (it can help!) Next Monday, the serious bizness will...

Mar 15th

Numero 4

Hi there, Here we are, about to start the making of our 4th album. We’ll (try to) post some news daily. Love etc. Xavier, Médéric, Sylvain & Pedro

Mar 9th